Walk in the Park…

Posted on May 4, 2025 by Guthlac

After the last few days I’ve had it was nice to take a walk around the park.

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Hay Fever…

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Guthlac

Perhaps I should stay inside. Perhaps. However, the flowers in the garden are starting bloom and what is a photographer do? In my case wheeze and cough through my way through things.

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Spirit Postponed…

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Guthlac

A wonderful day was had by all when we visited the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. It was sunny and warm and felt like early summer than the last knockings of April

The art was wonderful. We had gone to see the new exhibition by ceramics by Felicity Aylieff. They did not disappoint. As a bonus there was a new exhibition in the Chapel by Laura Ellen Bacon. When I say new I literally mean new. The main artwork was woven into place for the exhibition.

Lunch was great at the Weston. Pro Tip – if you want eat lunch there best book ahead. I don’t know what they put in the water in this part of Yorkshire butthey do know how to put on interesting art exhibitions.

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Roll of Film…

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Guthlac

There was a time, a long long time ago, when one measured one’s photography by rolls of film. Going on holiday – how many rolls of film to take with you? How many rolls of film did you take to get that shot?..and so on.

Unexposed rolls of film were left in your camera – sometimes for weeks – before finally exposing all of the roll. This would lead to strange collections of images that had no real relationship to one another in the same batch of 36 slides. (I always used slides never really got into working in a darkroom).

I was reminded of this when uploaded the images on an SD card that had been sitting in my camera for several days. I had a random collection of images captured in my garden. There was no real connection between them (when is there ever?). Of course these were only from a 3 day period. In the past I have had a roll of film sitting in a camera for a month or so. I had to finish the roll first. Then, I could send it off to the famous PO Box in Hemel Hempstead.

Random thoughts.

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Gravity…

Posted on April 20, 2025 by Guthlac

I’ll give the National Trust their dues…they have really thrown everything at Woolshtorpe manor. There are things to see and do all over the place. The only problem is it is a perfectly normal 16th century farmhouse that once was the home to one of the most famous scientists ever – Sir Issac Newton. Oh and maybe an apple fell on this head – possibly.

On a sunny spring day it was a pleasant drive across the empty quarter of Leicestershire to Woolsthorpe. After the visit we went off for a spot of lunch in Grantham.

They do like grand statues in Grantham including their most famous daughter Baroness Thatcher, of Kesteven.

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Upside Down…

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Guthlac

A couple of days away is always fun. This weekend we spent some time in London and then took a leisurely drive back through the south midlands stopping off at Stowe Gardens, just outside Buckingham. Certainly not the quickest way back home but far far more relaxing.

For many complicated reasons this was our first visit to London for over a year. I am happy to report that London is still, well, London. That means crowded, expensive and giving off a vibe you don’t get anywhere else in Britain.

Our first stop was at the Royal Academy to see the Victor Hugo exhibition: Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo. We also caught the ‘Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism exhibition. Of the two the Victor Hugo exhibition was the stand out. I don’t know why it is but I find some of the best exhibitions in the smaller Jillian and Arthur M. Sackler gallery. This was the home of the Victor Hugo show.

The Brazilian art exhibition was interesting and contained some stunning art. However, it just didn’t work on the same level as the Victor Hugo. Your views may be different and I am happy with that.

The next day Stowe was on its best behaviour in the last sun of the resent sunny spell period. This being Easter week the schools are off so Stowe was clearly a great place to take the kids. This didn’t ruin things for us. We got there early and left before it got too busy.

All in all a good couple of days.

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A Different Time…

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Guthlac

2015 – Life seemed so much simpler then. Or was this an omen of things to come?

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Yet more Sunshine…

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Guthlac

The previous day it was British Airways flying to the United States. Today it was the turn of Air France. Such is life.

Meanwhile the real masters of the air are preparing for more important stuff. Spring appears to have sprung and so the hunt is on for a mate.

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Creating Content in the Sunshine…

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Guthlac

What is a man to do?   He needs a large number of digital images to test something.  He has already used a number of low-quality Jpegs.  Now he needs full fat 61 MP images.  He could just run the shutter for a few minutes or….

He could sit outside in the bright afternoon sun and capture whatever flew by.   Guess what I did.

So I topped up my tan, listened to a podcast and came away with over 400 images at 52 GB of data. What a way to spend 30 minutes or so in the sun. Well I guess if you are me that is.

PS. If this weather continues we are so screwed. We haven’t really had any rain for the best part of two weeks: Britain in April! There is a reason for the phrase April Showers. Hosepipe ban here we come. If that was the only problem should this weather continue.

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I’m your Venus…

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Guthlac

Yeah baby..she’s got it…

Bananarama

Not sure why Bananarama came into my mind when think about our trip yesterday to the Hepworth art gallery at Wakefield? They have. They did.

Third gallery visit in as many weeks. Not bad. Now I know some of you might point out that you can do that in a day. Maybe so. But we are gentlemen of a certain age. Over the year we have learnt that you can’t rush these things. You need to have a good lunch to ruminate about the art and many other things. The long and short is that one gallery a day is usually more than enough.

I’m sure my partner in crime will provide a much more refined review of the exhibitions. If that is what you seek, look no further than clicking on this link. For what it is worth I though all three exhibitions were well worth the entrance fee. If you pushed me for my favourite I would have to say that was Elizabeth Fritsch’s Otherworldly Vessels exhibition. If you did that then you would miss the point. Each exhibition brought something different to the feast. Together they made a wonderful day out.

So if you are in the area. Or if you are looking for a great art day out then the Hepworth at Wakefield won’t let you down.

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